Objetivo During its manufacturing process, mechanical parts suffer temperature, microstructures and shapes evolution, creating volume variations, internal stresses and strains which can affect its precision and in-service resistance. SMEs working in the field of metallic parts manufacturing are particularly concerned by these problems involving products quality and production costs. The purpose of this project is to develop a new method of geometric variation controlling, allowing design departments to predict volume variation during heat or surface treatments, and so to adopt preventives actions, essentially during the conception and design time. In the end of this project, it will be possible to obtain well sized metallic parts after heat or surface treatment, without this last costly unavoidable shape recovery step. In order to reach this goal, it will be necessary to develop during the project the following points: O A non destructive portable device dedicated to intern stress fields measurements in metallic parts, as simple in use as an electropolishing device, and with a cost lower than 30.000 Euros; 0 A shape and size variation modelling tool that will be able to give a result in few hours (instead of several days or more with existing softwares using finite elements calculation). Moreover, this modelling tool must be run on a PC that are computers that exist in SMEs. This new approach will have economics repercussions, as the cost of a part will decrease from more than 10% of the current one. The quantity of rejected part could decreased from more than 60 %. Many SMEs are very interested in this project: - thermal treatment performers on principals specifications. Specifications are written as follow: a specified treatment on a part with specific dimensions and tolerances. - mould manufacturers, that are frequently SMEs, have to give guarantees on life time of the mould that they send to their customers and due to thermal treatment, it is very difficult for them to validate the possible life time of their moulds. - metallic part manufacturers that have to design their parts taing into account the thermal treatment that will be performed at the end of the manufacturing process. This project is included in materials and technologies for product innovation areas. The subject covered by the proposal is BRITE EURAM, theme 2, dealing about new technologies for product design and manufacture, and more precisely: Point 2.3.2.s and Point 2.3.3.m Ámbito científico engineering and technologymechanical engineeringmanufacturing engineeringnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftwaresocial scienceseconomics and businesseconomics Programa(s) FP4-BRITE/EURAM 3 - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of industrial and materials technologies, 1994-1998 Tema(s) 0203 - Reliability and quality of materials and products Convocatoria de propuestas Data not available Régimen de financiación CRS - Cooperative research contracts Coordinador Redex S.A. Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 45210 Loiret Francia Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Participantes (9) Ordenar alfabéticamente Ordenar por aportación de la UE Ampliar todo Contraer todo Association pour la Recherche et le Développement des Méthodes et ProcessusIndustriels - ARMINES Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Route de Teillet 81013 Albi CT Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos ETUDES METALLURGIQUES ET TRAITEMENTS THERMIQUES Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 1,Avenue du Chater 1, Parc du Chater 69340 FRANCHEVILLE (RHONE) Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Etudes et Constructions Mécaniques S.A. Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 9,Rue Lamartine 9 38170 Seyssinet Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos INSTITUTO DE SOLDADURA E QUALIDADE ASSOCIACAO* Portugal Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección KM 3,AVENIDA DO PROFESSOR DOUTORCAVACO SILVA 33PARQUE D 2740-120 PORTO SALVO Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA) Francia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 20 avenue Albert Einstein 69621 Villeurbanne Ver en el mapa Enlaces Sitio web Opens in new window Coste total Sin datos METALOGRAFICA S.A. España Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Polig. Ind. Polizur Naves 4,5 y 6 08290 CERDANYOLA DEL VALLES Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Precision Disc Castings Plc Reino Unido Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección Mannings Heath Road BH12 4NJ Poole Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Producao de Moldes Lad Portugal Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección 4,Rua da Figheirinha 4 2405 Leiria Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos Silco Srl Italia Aportación de la UE Sin datos Dirección E. so B. Croce 27 10135 Torino Ver en el mapa Coste total Sin datos